TubeGrade vs MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor

A side-by-side look at the TubeGrade and MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.

TubeGradeSocial Media · Remote HTTP/SSEYouTube research: channel and video stats, transcripts, outlier videos and viral title formats.37FairAuth: not declared

MCP Youtube Channel Transcript ExtractorSocial Media · Local subprocess (stdio)Resolve a company domain to its YouTube channel with subscriber count and metadata.59GoodAuth: not declared

Verdict: choose TubeGrade for social media work over a hosted endpoint; choose MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor for social media as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.

Which MCP server should you choose?

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Choose TubeGrade when

You need dedicated capabilities in the Social Media domain.
You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.

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Choose MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor when

You need dedicated capabilities in the Social Media domain.
You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
You have the keys it needs: APIFY_TOKEN.
You want tools like get_youtube_channel_stats.

Explore MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor

Feature & specification comparison

Rows where the two servers differ are marked.

Spec	T TubeGrade	MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor
Category	Social Media	Social Media
Quality signal	37/100 · Fair	59/100 · Good
Install command	Confirmed	Confirmed
Transport	Remote HTTP/SSE	Local subprocess (stdio)
Auth	Not declared	Not declared
Pricing	Not declared	Not declared
Required env vars	None listed	`APIFY_TOKEN`
Verified owner	Community listing	Community listing
GitHub stars	—	0
Directory activity	0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes	2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes
Tools	Not listed	1
Full listing	View TubeGrade	View MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor

Tools & capabilities

TubeGrade tools

No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.

MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor tools 1

get_youtube_channel_statsResolve a company domain, or a YouTube handle, to that company's YouTube channel. Returns the subscriber count, the stable UC channel id, channel name, creation date and description, as one flat Clay ready row. Subscriber counts are rounded by YouTube above roughly a thousand subscribers, on the page and in its official API alike, and the row flags that. Optional transcript pulling is available and is CURRENTLY GATED by YouTube: the caption track list is readable and the caption content endpoint returns an empty body without a proof of origin token, which the row reports as not_extractable rather than as a video having no captions. A company with no channel reports youtube_status not_found. Read youtube_status before any count. Use it to look up one known company channel per call; it does not search YouTube, list a channel's videos, or return video detail, and the package name mentions transcripts only because transcript pulling is an option. No API key needed. Read only; requires an APIFY_TOKEN and consumes Apify credits per call.

Ready-to-paste client configs

Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.

TubeGrade

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tubegrade": {
      "url": "https://www.tubegrade.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-youtube-channel-transcript-extractor": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-channel-transcript-extractor"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

TubeGrade is categorized under Social Media and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor belongs to Social Media and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick TubeGrade for social media work and MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor for social media.

Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.

TubeGrade has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.

Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add tubegrade and mcp-youtube-channel-transcript-extractor as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.

On AllMCPs, TubeGrade has a quality signal of 37/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. MCP Youtube Channel Transcript Extractor has 59/100 (Good) with 2 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.